i_like_sun
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This winter has been pretty crazy. Its been unusually stable for weeks at a time, and then BANG, some HUGE slide comes down!
There was a GINORMOUS slide in the Mt Baker wilderness back in December. I toured into the avi debris a few days after it came down, and the pile of rubble was a good 15-20 feet tall.... So much power....
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I have a solid 2009 Nitro Pantera 163 I need to get rid of. Has the 26.1cm waist. Only been ridden twice, and is in PERFECT shape. Really, a GORGEOUS board.
I think it would be a dream splitboard for anyone with size 10 feet or larger. Its just a tad bit too wide for my tootsies. See: www.customsplitboards.com
Asking around $400 or best offer. Open to trade or negotiation. Looking to get a Venture Helix...
Feel free to call or email if interested. Ask for Russell.
425.941.6617
mtcunner@gmail.com
Think snow everyone!!!
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Atomic Bent Chetler.
Camber under foot is great for skinning, rocker in the nose and tail sits on top of pow super rad...
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Shamu is now virtually unemployable.
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I was so sad to hear about this.... Just can't believe it....
Be in peace CR
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Dude, your dog is a CHAMP! I can't even believe she climbed all the way up Baker with you guys!! That aerial shot is pretty epic....
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Way to keep hunting it Dan!!! You're killing it man!
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Dan is, THE MAN!!!!!!!
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Well, everything north facing was amazing. Dropping Stone Man was actually a little sketch because as I rolled into the Coular the snow was nothing but fluffy pow, and then as I charged into the main drop zone it rapidly turned to frozen mank. Almost fell going super fast, and that would have been bad in that spot.. Its weird, north facing was epic great but anything getting sun-baked was scary.
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Skis evolved to travel over snow: up, down and flat. Snowboards evolved as lift toys. But lots of people like to snowboard more than ski, so splitboards seem like the best option for them if they are interested in backcountry. I can't imagine slow-shoeing with a snowboard on my back, so if I boarded I'd be on a splitboard myself. I'm just glad I like to ski so I don't have to worry about it.
There is nothing to worry about. Splitboarding is easily just as efficient as BC skiing. Skiers have to take skins on and off too, and in that I'm usually ahead of the pack with my board already put together.
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It was totally amazing! Its cool how a simple little plan turned into an epic fun day!
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SPLITBOARDING:
Credit: Rylan Shoen
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Trip: - Mount Baker Wilderness day Loop
Date: 2/21/2010
Trip Report:
I posted the same thing on Splitboard.com, but here you all go:
The Hairy man and I made a day trip circumnavigation of the entire Table Mountain wilderness. Along the way we dropped a pretty direct line off of "Little Alaska", made epic pow turns into Mazama Bowl, dropped off the summit of Stone Man, and finished with sunset turns down Herman.
The day started with a ride up chair 1 at 9am, and an easy tour to Artist Point.
After climbing the steep section to the beginning of Table's Summit Plateau, I snapped some shots of The Sasquatch pooping:
What a bastard...
From there, we traversed to the top of Little AK. I must say, dropping 50+ degree slopes that roll over are scary as hell! It felt like you could just drop forever. Once over the roll, the spine-line revealed itself and all became dandy, but before that my heart was BEATING.
Our line followed the spine to the right of the upper fracture:
Bottom shot gives a feel for how scary that drop was:
Once at the bottom of Little AK, we traversed under the main cliffs of Table (which was stupid, we could have dropped a SICK line if we just toured up there....) and made our way to the entrance to Mazama Bowl.
Traverse:
Looking back from Mazama Ridge:
Touring Mazama Ridge:
Dropping Mazama Bowl:
Mazama Bowl is downright amazing. The silence of the place with the AWESOME snow made the whole day for me. Who needs church when you can snowboard?
A 1500 foot climb up a Coular brought Stone Man into View. The Shuksan Goddess teased us with magnificent views as wind blew billowing powder off her cornices.
Skinning up the Coular:
Cornices and another dream line:
We traversed to the summit of Stone Man, which proved to be a little scary in places. At one point, when I had reached the summit ridge, I was boot packing along when all of a sudden I was up to my hip in the snow. I knew were were on top of giant cornices, but I thought I was giving plenty of margin as I was a good 50 feet back from the edge. When I extricated myself, I looked into the hole to see that a 2000 foot drop was right under my foot! After a mild freak-out session where a bunch of F-words were dropped, I realized that the cornice must be overhanging by at least 50 feet! My reaction to that experience was simply that death can be achieved SO easily up there. From now on I'm giving at least 60 feet of space from the edge!
What I'm talking about:
12X magnification of Baker's North Ridge and the Cockscomb:
Baker's Park Glacier Headwall; this would be an EPIC ride!
Summit of Stone Man with Shuksan:
From the summit of Stone Man, the entrance into the Coular is downright scary as hell (particularly since I'd just almost died...). You literally have to ride directly at the edge, just trusting that the entrance will appear (thanks Adam, for taking the lead on that one). We made a sketchy entrance into the main Coular that is visible from the Baker Ski area. Its pretty cool to finally drop a line that I've been eye-balling for 10 years! Instead of suffering the Manky traverse above icy cliffs, we finished things off with a tour up Mt Herman's Northeast Ridge.
You ride directly to that edge, which goes against all self preservation instincts:
The entrance. It only appears at the last second:
Being handsome:
Sasquatch, leading:
Looking back up:
We gained Herman right at sunset, and just couldn't stop taking pictures of the alpenglow. Riding down proved to be super fun near the top where the sun was still softening things up, but once in the shade it all turned to hard breakable crust. Note to self: RIDE NORTH FACING SLOPES! At least right now anyway...
On the way up Herman's Northeast ridge with Shuksan:
Top of Herman, at sunset:
What its all about:
Adam, getting a turn:
End of day shot:
All in all we covered between 8 and 10 miles of touring. There is some debate between the Sasquatch and I about how much elevation gain/loss we achieved, but I am guestimating between 7,500 and 8,500 feet of gain/loss (including ski/board descents). It all took roughly 8.25 hours, and we moved pretty slow.
Gear: normal avalanche stuff, ice axe, pizza, Snickers Bars.
Thanks Sasquatch, that was an amazing day!
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Splitboarding is the answer.
Yes, but what is the question? Non-snowboarder
I think the question comes from the observation that "boot packing SUUUUUUCKS". And so naturally we snowboarders ask "how do I get the hell out there to shred knar?"
SPLITBOARDING!!!!!!
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Just a shot from a little bit of Ice Knar
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So up until now I didn't really realize that you can actually summit Shuksan from the ski area in one day! Did you head out from the top of chair 8? And how did you get back?
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You are my freaking hero.......
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damn str8t
SOOOOO SICK!! How do you like that Venture?
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Dude that's HELLA SIIIIIICK!!! What board/boots/bindings are you running? I jumped on the Band Waggon last year and its totally transformed the way I look at alpine mountaineering. I'm getting to the point where I'm like "if I'm going to climb it, I better be able to shred knarr coming down!!" Its amazing.....
I kinda want to tour up Hood. You go up the Palmer Ski Lift side?
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Okay, its been established. Who else has experienced total life transformation because of their splitboard?
ME ME ME!!!
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How many of you on here are splitters?
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Coleman Demming is pretty fun. I'd always take a rope... Crevasses should be covered but you never really know....
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Has anybody else on here had experience with a quadriceps tendon strain or partial tear?
I tore mine back in 2003, and recently landed flat off a jump on my snowboard and seem to have strained it again. Before it took MONTHS to get better.... So far I'm just doing RICE and trying to remain as active as possible without hurting it.
Any other wisdom would be SWEEEEEEEEEET
CC.com Splitboard Thread
in the *freshiezone*
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I think the domain name has been reclaimed! Apparently the Joe who snagged it decided to do the right thing. Splitboarding.com still shows some bogus page though... Maybe it just takes a while to transfer?